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Willis April 8th
My Dear Son
I am happy to be able to tell
you that Sallie is improving, but she is not
able to set up in bed yet - And it is
with great difficulty we can find any
nourishment that will agree with
her stomach. Articles of food that
she takes however delicate will sour
and be vomited up hours afterwards
This was the case all day yesterday -
but today she has returned her food
(stewed Catfish alone) up to this time
half past 4 Oclock and is now sleeping
quietly - Poor child she has suffered
greatly - it unfortunate I came up as I
did. Hope to come home Saturday
morning I am most anxious to get back
The fleas are simply awful - But strange
to say with the all many discomforts I am sub
-jected too I keep very well; Elliot
too is as well as he can be - How often
do I wonder how you all are getting along
If I can get away to will go down on the
Saturday mornings train, I and Ell can
get home without any trouble. I will have
to wait for this wintry weather to leave
before turning our in the night air
----------------------------------------------------
Lest it would give me cold. Yesterday
I received a letter from Mary Ashe in
which she offers to come up if she
can be of any service. Tell her for me
that she need not come, as I think Sallie
will soon be up unless she gets a back-
set, and say to her also we all appreciate her
kind offer && . Tell Sam Miss Carey
Williamson has a job for him of extracting
and making an upper set of teeth and
also some teeth to fill - During vacation
she says she can then give attention to
the matter - I hear of several who wanted to
have work done when he was here last
An appointment of a few days here
would doubtless pay him - We are fearing
frost here tonight, how much I pity
the farmers, as they were just beginning
to recover from effects of the freeze some time
back - Hope Asa is doing well and that
I will find everything all safe
With love to Sam & your
-self Mary Jones
Mrs Jordan has been quite unwell for
a few days past, and just ten minutes
ago Gaston came in & told us the Doct
was quite sick something like a
paraletic stroke